Nazi's photo album shows life of a top Auschwitz officer | 60 Minutes

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A Nazi’s photo album shows top officers at Auschwitz singing, socializing, and lighting a Christmas tree at a time when hundreds of thousands of Jews were killed in the concentration camp.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Audacious-grunt
    Her final words are truly profound! "Man is an animal, all he needs is permission"
  • @to2burger
    9:57 - “The heart keeps working but the soul never forgets”. What a statement.
  • @2fast2nick
    Insane that there are people in this world that don’t believe this even happened
  • People don't realize how quickly society would breakdown in a war/catastrophic situation
  • "tears are for normal pain" -- that stopped me in my tracks! What a powerful statement. Great reporting 60 Mins, thank you.
  • @SoberOKMoments
    "We couldn't cry ... This is beyond crying." She is the voice for her family. The voice for them all.
  • @kasiapek7575
    My great grandfather lost his life in Auschwitz. He was Polish, he was 27. He left wife and 3 little children. He survived only 3 months, in 1941. His photo from Auschwitz is the only one my family have. IT will never stop to traumatizme me, the fact that people did that horibble things to other pople. I hate that.
  • I can’t wrap my mind around the story of the lady that was 13 teen yrs old. It’s too much to even comprehend that human beings could do such a thing. Sickening
  • @joeanderson8839
    I find truth in this quote "It's happening, it's never stopped".
  • @Hanna1968
    "The heart keeps working, but the soul never forget"😥😢
  • @padawanmage71
    "...it's never stopped.' the most damning last words.
  • As the Reverend Martin Niemoller said, "First they came for the Communists. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then the came for the Jews. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics. And I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me. And by then, there was no one left to speak up." All it takes for evil to happen is for good people to do nothing,
  • @c.gibson6349
    "All he needs is permission......" - no truer, on point words have been spoken.
  • @richlewis1879
    Still blows my mind this all took place only 80 years ago
  • @abrahamlevi3556
    Rebecca from the USHMM is a knowledgeable historian and a very kind woman. She and Ms. Cohen personally handled all the collection of historical documents and photos of my family from Germany that I donated to the museum.
  • @mrivas3610
    Irene’s final statement about Man being the most dangerous animal is true. It also sheds light on our world situation today.
  • @judit1783
    Her final words are very profound! I went to Germany to visit a friend and went to Dachau......I was outside the entrance when the hair on my arms stood up, when I went into Dachau I could not talk above a whisper and I was feeling very very sad. Do not ever tell me, a Christian, that nothing happen there. Bad things happen there. I walked through the buildings with tears rolling down my cheeks as I felt the past pain. So acutely I was shaking.
  • @joefarina9266
    I’m watching this video while my 94 year old mother in law is in her room slowly fading away from Parkinson’s. She was separated from her parents in 42 or 43 and never saw them again. She along with her older sister were one of the last groups to leave Düsseldorf. It’s just maddening to see these images of monsters so convinced of their superiority living what looks like a carefree life.